What a wonderful day, great people, great machines, great games & GREAT food. Thankyou so much to Andy, Linda & crew for putting on yet another cracking event.

Best bits for me -

Chatting to people that I'm becoming to know a little better.Never used a Jaguar before so really enjoyed Tempest (scouring eBay later...i want one)C16 with Kikstart runningAlthough out in the first round, Bomberman compo was great.Great ChilliVinny's big stickMore than enough systems to keep me click-happy with my cameraPJ - Retro pressiePicking up a few goodies from the trade standArcades, arcades, arcades.

Despite the groin wrenching antics of loading/unloading the van with arcade machines after the show, getting to see Akastaff's private collection of arcade machines in his lockup was the perfect end to a perfect day.

OOOh thank you regarding me big stick , i will be bringing it to all the rcm bashes from now on but just a little favor to ask leader spencer is that can i have a more central table as quite a few people were missing it as it was tucked away in the corner.

Also andy it wouldnt be unreasonable to raise the food and drink prices as its cheap and nice but to make cash you need to squeak the pips as we say,unpopular suggestion i know but it will bring more revenue to the rcm in the long term.

OOOh thank you regarding me big stick , i will be bringing it to all the rcm bashes from now on but just a little favor to ask leader spencer is that can i have a more central table as quite a few people were missing it as it was tucked away in the corner.

only complaint I got from my son was he wasn't able to play with Vinny's big stick as it was always in use

Many people have already said this, but I'd like to thank Andy, Linda, Mug UK and the other organisers for making the day such a great success. It was a first for myself and CiH, along with my wife and his good lady in terms of attending these types of events, but rest assured we will visit again and hopefully see people at other similar events too.

Had a great time yesterday, thanks to Andy, Linda and the rest of the team for putting on a fab day

Really enjoyed meeting the usual crowd again, all lovely people! Also loved the arcade room, that was a fantastic addition to the event. Good job the machines weren't on freeplay though, otherwise I'd have been stuck in that room all day (Super Kixx was awesome!).

StarshipUK

Thanks to Andy and the RCM team and thanks for letting me put a few machines in the corner of the room.Thanks to Linda again for the Chocolate Muffins!

I also took away a bad cold (thanks MugUK!). I've been sucking sweets all day. To be honest, wasn't really MugUKs fault. I felt a bit weird that morning and it got worse throughout the day, so sorry if I seemed less talkative than my already less talkative normality.

I liked the idea of the spec sheets for every machine, but it would have been nice to also have had a few facts or some info from wikipedia about each machine. Just figures and numbers is a bit boring, and it would be nice to read a bit more history of each machine - especially the rare ones. Perhaps even a little book or magazine people can buy on the way in with some more info. I do enjoy reading about the old machines.

I am still a bit undecided about having to pay to use the arcade machines, but can see why it was done. I hope they took enough to make it worth bringing them down. The arcade room did look a bit empty at times. I did have a go on the pinball machine though.

I don't think many people missed your massive joystick Vinny. It looked quite popular all day, as was my outrun setup which was also in a corner of the room. Being in a corner and less crowded might have been better imo. It seemed to get very busy and crowded and noisy at one point during the day and I freaked out a bit. I don't like being to crowded, but don't think the oncoming cold helped.

And we now know someone who has a bottle opener for the next private event